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MISERERE by WILLIAM BRIAN HOOKER

First Line: AH, GOD, MY STRENGTH AGAIN!
Last Line: LOVE CAME BACK TO LOOK ONCE MORE.

Ah, God, my strength again! --
Not power nor joy, but these:
The waking without pain,
The ardour for the task,
And in the evening, peace.
Is it so much to ask?
Ah, God, my strength again!

SEQUEL

Love came back to look once more
On the home he long had known:
Found a vine across the door,
Found the fountain foul and dry,
Found the garden overgrown;
Heard at last a tired sigh....
Love came back to look once more.



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